Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In China, a subordinate division of a fu or department, or of an independent chow; an administrative district under the control of an official styled chih-hien. In the 18 provinces of China proper there are about 1,285 hien.
- noun The seat of government of such a district.
- noun Also written
heen and hsien.
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Examples
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Gedeeft gouf hien eréischt zwee Joer méi spéit, wat deemols ongewéinlech spéit war.
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Asoka, so that Fa-hien connects a legend of it with his account of
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It was the former of these that came on this occasion to the thoughts and memory of Fa-hien.
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“The winter study or library” would be the name of the apartment in his monastery or house, where he sat and talked with Fa-hien.
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Fa-hien again with all his heart directed his thoughts to Kwan-she-yin and the monkish communities of the land of Han; and, through their dread and mysterious protection, was preserved to day-break.
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When Fa-hien and Tao-ching first arrived at the Jetavana monastery, and thought how the World-honoured one had formerly resided there for twenty-five years, painful reflections arose in their minds.
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They found two hunters, whom they brought back with them, and then called on Fa-hien to act as interpreter and question them.
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Here Fa-hien stayed two years, writing out his Sutras,3 and drawing pictures of images.
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These, like Fa-hien itself, are all what we might call “clerical” names, appellations given to the parties as monks or sramanas.
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As it took Fa-hien twenty-five days to reach it, it must have been at least 150 miles from Khoten.
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